Company Overview
Astrocom Corporation is an industry leader in affordable redundant Internet
access appliances for the small and medium enterprise market (SME). The company's
PowerLink™ products ensure redundant Internet connections for 100% uptime
for approximately one-third the total cost of ownership of competing products.
The company's successful track record is due both to its elegant and innovative
technology and to its customer-focused service and support. Astrocom offers
customers the industry's best installation, service and warranty programs and
100% U.S.-based technical support.
Headquarters
Minneapolis, Minn.
Funding and Structure
Astrocom is a debt-free and profitable privately held company.
Product Overview
PowerLink™ products bundle up to 15 WAN lines (T1, xDSL, Cable, ISDN,
Wireless, Satellite, etc.) into a single virtual wide-pipe for up to 150 Mbps
of aggregated bandwidth while providing ISP failover redundancy. Unlike dual
WAN routers and other applications, PowerLink handles both inbound and
outbound failover and load balancing, and uses intelligent load balancing to
monitor bandwidth availability throughout the network and assign traffic to
the link with the greatest available bandwidth. If an active machine fails,
PowerLink's hardware failover feature automatically transfers the workload to
a second, idle machine. And PowerLink's Quality of Service (Qos) feature
guarantees time-sensitive traffic, such as voice or video, receives the
bandwidth it requires. Astrocom stands well positioned to leverage several
of it's key technologies to launch new solutions for VoIP, public access, and
advanced QoS/traffic management applications.
Customers and Business Partners
Astrocom has installed nearly 5,000 PowerLink products at customer sites
around the world. The company's business partners include:
- Bell Canada
- Black Box Corp.
- Norlight
- Insight
- Radiant Communications
- Covad
- EDS
- SonicWALL
- TowerStream Wireless
- Watchguard
Sales Channels
Astrocom markets its products directly and through resellers in North
America, Europe and Asia.
Media Contact
Becky Gauerke
KC Associates
becky@kc-associates.com
612.669.4020
